I have a religious friend who seems to be quite knowledgeable about evolution and he accepts all the stuff about evolution. He also accepts denisovans neanderthals etc with whom humans have relationships etc he even accepts that we might have a common ancestry with them or we might have interbred with them
BUT what he vehemently denies it that modern humans(Homo sapiens) evolved from other nonhuman creatures and he says that god supernaturally created modern humans along at a certain points through he evolutionary line through special creation and he says that we did not evolve from nonhuman creatures. We were specially created and ensouled.
He accepts that there might have been other humanlike creatures before homo sapiens tc though he vehemently rejects that we evolved from those previous humanlike animals and we are a special creation.
Sorry if the question was already asked. Do we know approximately when the first intelligent, abstract-thinking, self-conscious humans emerged? Did it start with Homo Sapiens or before?
Arguably these qualities can be attributed to other animals or AI too, in a way. But if we assume there is a difference between 'physically reacting to stimulus' and 'consciously experiencing it', can/do we know when apes first started sentiently "experiencing" their own thoughts and behaviour?
Heβs been reported as being a Neanderthal by some, but not AFAIK by anyone linked to the show.
Except theyβll have photos.
I.e. Homo Erectus and Neanderthals are creepy as hell visually and we will be too one day.
How would human society have developed if Neanderthals, Denisovians, Floriesiensis, and Boskop men hadnβt gone extinct?
How would that have altered human civilization? Would we constantly be at war with them? Would it be some lord of the rings shit or what? I assume weβd be way less racist since we have others to hate but what would be the societal, geopolitical and overall changes be?
Iβve heard conflicting things about some PAL games working on NTSC Xboxes but this is the only game Iβd wanna see if it works or not :-)
Any help or info would be appreciated!
Like, would we take dogs and breed them into otter-like or seal-like forms to help with hunting and guarding against threats? What about cats? Not all cats dislike water, there are cats like the fishing cat adapted to hunt in or near water. so a cat could be bred to tolerate the water. I was inspired by the Common Descent Podcast's discussion of how humans could adapt aspects of their culture for a different biome. Further more, I think that All Tomorrow's should somewhat raise the standard of speculative human evolution, although not as fantastical. I think it's likely a future descendant species of us would still retain some aspects of what makes us human in our culture and behavior.
In Sheather's "Serina", examples of a whole spectrum of near-sapience are shown, including various creatures which, while smarter than any extant animal on Earth, are not quite at the human level yet.
On Earth, animals like dogs, pigs, cats, squirrels, rats, and mice seem to be very near to a "near-sapient" level, but not quite there yet.
Corvids, Parrots, Octopi, Raccoons, and most Primates seem to be at a low level of near-sapience, while Dolphins, Elephants, Chimps, and Bonobos seem to be at a higher degree of near-sapience.
From Australopithecines to Homo Sapiens, which was the first species which you think acquired true sapience?
A lower estimate I've read is that Homo Heidelbergensis was possibly already sapient, judging by its control of fire and complex tools, and a higher estimate is that only Homo Sapiens managed to become sapient, and only about 60.000 years ago when Behavioral Modernity emerged.
My title might be bad. What Iβm trying to ask is if we have evidence of a cultural split within a single group thatβs made up of those that want to try this newfangled way of life by staying in one place and those who, even seeing the benefits of agriculture, willingly choose a βtraditionalistβ way of life? or does all the evidence point to a mostly global, more gradual abandonment of hunting and gathering?
I remember learning that in the Denisovans thrived mainly in Eastern Asia, and the migratory pattern would likely have been a smaller trip seeing as sea levels wouldβve been lower. Making Beringia even more large.
I am by no means a conspiracy theorist, nor do I have any interest in propagating absurd theories. My question is purely out of intrigue, nothing more.
What are the chances of an undetected intelligent hominid species existing somewhere in the world, and what conditions would βtheyβ have to live in in order to avoid encountering man?
Orientation of blade (the curvature and the mediolateral orientation of the iliac blades help the Glutei medius and minimi to act as abductors and they can also assist in support of the trunk.
I don't know why the came to earth. The aliens came from the same planet and the constant upheavals altered the life forms there to withstand extreme conditions. The shape shift into anything alien needed to be seduced by a human nurse to properly shape shift into a convincing human female as they had never seen a naked woman until that point. Okay the hominid alien gets by seducing men throughout ancient history to the future. The bad one tries to kill the good one but fails and is captured. Neither of the aliens can reproduce . I remember it ends with the perspective of the human lover of one alien deciding to join her on her journey home as the alien ship can change his form to withstand the trip. I have no idea when this book was published as it was likely a reprint.
I've read that some anthropologists speculate that hunter-gatherers from the past had more leisure time than we do now, but did that correlate with less stress? Was predation a serious concern, and how common were deaths from disease and minor injury?
And also how are they identified and attributed to particular species?
